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Catherine Henagan

birth and death unknown

Catherine Henagan is the youngest daughter of Barnabas and Catherine Henagan (Barnabas second wife).  Her brothers and sister are Darby Henagan, John Henagan, Lucretia Henagan and Barnabas Henagan.

Will of Barnabas Henneghan

February 1, 1826

The Last Will and Testament of Barnabas Henagan of Marlborough District and the State of South Carolina:

I Barnabas Henagan, considering the uncertain of this mortal life, and being of sound mind and memory do make and publish this my last will and testament, in the manner and from the following: I resign my soul into the hands of a merciful God; and my body I commit to the earth to be decently entered I give and devise as follows:

First, I give and devise to my younger son, Barnabas Henagan, all that land on which I now live, situated lying and being in the district of Marlborough, and containing four hundred and sixty-three acres more or less – item I also give and bequeath to my said son Barnabas seven Negroes, namely Johnson, Peter, Sophia, Morning, Edmund, Dennis and Sandy – Item I give and bequeath to my youngest daughter, Catherine Henagan, seven Negroes, namely Sarah, Stephen, George, Robin, Ned, Jim and Rachel. The children of the said Rachel under the age of Jim, I desire to be divided between my son Barnabas and my daughter Catherine. I also desire that the Negroes, which I have enumerated in this, my Last Will and Testament, shall remain where I now reside, until my legatees require them elsewhere. All the remainder of my real and personal property (including slaves not named in the Will) not particularly mentioned in this Will, to be equally divided between my Barnabas and Catherine. Also, I will and ordain that my son Barnabas and daughter Catherine shall not have the power of aliening, or parting from the property, which they obtain through me, except for the term of their natural lives, but at their death it shall descend their heirs at law.

I made a marriage contract with my wife before we were married in which contract I give her a house and home with household and kitchen furniture. Sufficient for moderate living with a Negro man able to do moderate (labor) and land sufficient for one house to work and one Negro women servant able to do common house business to serve her the said Elizabeth during her life time or widowhood and she is to be furnished with a sufficiency of stock, one horse to work her land and cattle, hogs, sheep for her maintenance, but it is provided also that she or her heirs or Executors ----- is not to have any claim on any part of the said property any longer than during her lifetime or widowhood. I desire at the death of my wife or on her marriage with any other person that the above property which I have so given by contract during her natural live or widowhood should be equally divided between my two youngest children Barnabas and Catherine.

Also for the better management of my property and education of my children, I do hereby appoint my trusty friends Captain Tristram Bethea (Barnabas nephew and son of Mary Henagan Bethea), Charles Mcrae, Esq., and John L. Mclaurin Executors of this my Last Will and Testament.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this First Day of February in the year of our Lord One Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty-six (February 1, 1826).

Signed Sealed published and declared the before named Barnabas Henagan to be his Last Will and Testament, in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator—Barnabas Henagan, Hugh McCall, Neil Mclarin and Shadrick Easterling.

 

 

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72 of our Ancestor's owned by Barnabas Kelet Henagan

72 of our Ancestor's owned by Barnabas Kelet Henagan at the time of his death in January of 1855.  There are some slaves with the same first name.  Barnabas Kelet Henagan owned several tracks of land such as Catfish Plantation, Grove Land Plantation and Cannon Land Plantation.  Our Ancestors were slaves on these plantations.  By 1860, 5 years after his death, there were only 43 slaves listed as property of James Henagan (Barnabas Kelet Henagan's son) in the Census of 1860.  We can only assume that some of our ancestor's died and some where sold.  The 1860 Census did not list the names of slaves only the sex of the slave, any special skill of the slave and whether the slave was a mulatto.

On January 5, 1858, (three years after Barnabas Kelet Henagan's death), his widow Anna Maria Henagan petition the Honorable Chancellor of South Carolina in Marion County seeking to claim her dower.  Barnabas Kelet Henagan died in 1855 and possessed several tracks of land and 72 slaves.  He bequeath to his widow Anna Maria Henagan a life estate and 19 slaves; the remaining estate was to be divided among his children, including seven of the defendants.  James J. Harllee, John W. Henagan and James N Henagan, as executors, took possession of the lands and slaves in the estate.  They used the property to produce several crops and have kept the profits, claiming that they needed the money to pay the estate's debts.  Contending that all such debts have by now been discharged, the widow represents that she is anxious to receive her legacy but that said executors have refused her request.  She also argues that she has a right to one third of the lands in the estate as part of her dower, and therefore, one third of the crops raised.  She also wants to take possession of the 19 slaves specifically bequeathed to her.  Anna Maria Henagan therefore prays that the court will grant unto her a "writ of Admeasurement of Dower," authorizing "suitable persons" to "admeasure and set apart to your Oratrix her dower or thirds in the aforesaid tracts of land."  Her request was "granted pro confeso."  During her petition, the 72 slaves were named (first name only because slaves did not have last names).  Godfrey Henneghan, a descendent of the 72 slaves gave them there last name 160 years later.

72 of our Ancestor's owned by Barnabas Kelet Henagan

Adeline Henagan Asberry Henagan Beckey Henagan Bob Henagan Cally Henagan
Caroline Henagan Clarisy (Clarissa) Henagan Cloe Henagan Colton (Cotton) Henagan Crissy Henagan
Daniel Henagan Dave Henagan Delong (Delang) Henagan Dicey Henagan Dilly Henagan
Dilly Henagan Dolly Henagan Dunall Henagan Edmond Henagan Ellen Henagan
Ester Henagan Exum Henagan Flora Henagan Hannah Henagan Harriet Henagan
Harriet Henagan Harry Henagan Hatway Henagan Henry Henagan Henry Henagan
Ici Henagan Jerry Henagan Jim Henagan John Henagan Juda Henagan
Judy (Long Juda) Henagan Julia Henagan Katy (Cate) Henagan Kiddy Henagan Laura Henagan
Lavinia Henagan Liddy (Lidda) Henagan Lizzie (Eliza) Henagan Louisa Henagan Maria Henagan
Mary Henagan Mary Ann Henagan Mary Ann Henagan Milly Henagan Nancy Henagan
Nancy Henagan Nancy Henagan Napoleon Henagan Paul Henagan Phoebe Henagan
Pickens Henagan Polly Henagan Prissy Henagan Randolph Henagan Rose Henagan
Sam Henagan Sam Henagan Sarah Henagan Silas Henagan Simon Henagan
Simon (Old Simon) Henagan Simon Henagan Solomon Henagan Toney Henagan Wesley Henagan
     
West Henagan       Willis Henagan

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WE  ARE  THE  HENAGAN'S

The correct spelling of our last name is H-E-N-A-G-A-N (Henagan). There are no other correct versions of our last name. The name Henagan was the last name of the people who enslaved our ancestors.

Slaves were not allowed to learn how to read and write. Slaves did not have identification cards with their name age and date of birth. Slaves did not have birth certificates or social security cards. The only thing that matter to the slave master was the age and sex of the slave. Slaves were not treated as humans but as animals. Just like a horse or a cow, a slave did not have a last name nor did they know their date of birth, it did not matter.

The slaves were freed in 1863. In the state of South Carolina, slaves were not really free until the end of the Civil war in 1865.

Most former slaves used the last name of the people who owned them during slavery.

The first time freed slaves had an opportunity to record their name and date of birth was during the 1870 census (5 years after the Civil War). The process of completing the census for a former slave was simply to give their complete name, age, date of birth and address and hope that the person who took that information spelled it correctly. We could not tell them how to spell our names correctly. In most cases we could not read or write.

That’s why our last name was spelled several different ways. For that reason, some of us spell our name Henneghan, some spell it Hennigan, some spell it Henigan, etc.

The correct way to spell our last name is H-E-N-A-G-A-N

We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

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THE STORY OF HARRY AND JUDA HENAGAN

 

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James Sweeney Henagan   Barnabas Henagan   Mary Henagan Bethea

born around 1730 death unknown

 

born 1748 to February 1, 1826

 

born in 1756 to 1825

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

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Lucretia Henagan   Catherine Henagan   Elizabeth Covington Henagan

birth and death unknown

 

birth and death unknown

 

birth and death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

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Darby Henagan   John Henagan   Lucretia Henagan

born 1773 to 1819

 

birth unknown died 1812

 

born 1777 death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

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Barnabas Henagan   Catherine Henagan   Druscilla Sweeney Henagan

birth and death unknown

 

birth and death unknown

 

1762 to 1812

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

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John Henagan   Ephriam Lowndes Henagan   Barnabas Kelet Henagan

birth and death unknown

 

1797 to 1843

 

1798 to 1855

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

WE  ARE  THE  HENAGAN'S

 

 

 

Mary Cival Henagan   Lucretia Henagan   Druscilla Henagan

1802 to 1864

 

born 1803 death unknown

 

born 1805 death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

 

 

 

 

Mary Savage Gibson Henagan   Anna Mariah Wickham Henagan   James Hamilton Henagan

1810 to 1847

 

1803 to 1864

 

1832 to 1862

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

 

 

 

 

Mary Frances Henagan   Lucius Quintius Henagan   Andrew Barnabas Henagan

bborn July 1834 death unknown

 

1836 death unknown

 

1838 death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

 

 

 

 

Robert Young Hayne Henagan   William Lowndes Henagan   Alice Caroline Henagan

1840 death unknown

 

1841 death unknown

 

1844 death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also descendents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

 

 

 

 

 

Mary Rhoda Rutledge Henagan       Samuel Gordon Gibson Henagan
1845 to 1917  

 

  1847 death unknown

**Image behind bars indicate slave owners who owned our ancestors.  As a direct result of slavery, we are also decedents of the White Henagan's.

**We have to remember that Slavery In America was inhumane, and atrocious with heinous crimes committed by the slaver that stack all the way up to Heaven.

 

 
 
 
 
 
       
 
 
 
 
 

 

THE STORY OF HARRY AND JUDA HENAGAN

1870 - 1930 Census Report

Census Report 1870 Census McMillan Township 1880 Census Tans Bay Township 1900 Census Tans Bay Township
       
1910 Census McMillan Township 1910 Census Timmonsville Township 1920 Census Lynch Township 1930 Census Tans Bay Township


 

 

Kizzie Anna "Dee" Eaddy

May 11, 1898 to Jun 23, 1967

In 1962 our ancestor Kizzie Anna Eaddy, daughter of Robert and Anna Bass Hennigan requested a copy of the 1870 through 1930 census report for the Hennigan Family.  Because of her efforts, our family history is saved, recorded and treasured.


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Message from Governor B. K. Henagan

To:  Citizens of the South Carolina Senate and House of Representatives

Columbia, South Carolina    November 24, 1840

 

 

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Marion County South Carolina

Election of 1844

In the election of 1844, the Whigs and Democrats had another contest in Marion District. Such a thing never happen before that an entire delegation from a district, Senator and Representatives, all belonged to one family.  The Senator, Dr. B. K. Henagan, and Representatives, Bethea, Moody and Crawford, were all connected with each other by blood or marriage.  The wife of Barfield; Moody was the aunt of John C. Bethea and Chapman J. Crawford, Bethea and Crawford were first cousins; Crawford's father and Bethea's mother were brother and sister, and Moody's wife was a sister of Crawford's father and also of John C. Bethea's mother; Bethea's name was John Crawford Bethea. The Senator-elect, Dr. B. K. Henagan's, mother was a Bethea.  (read more)

 

 

The Charleston Daily News November 24, 1871

 

Cannon Land Plantation owned and created by

 

Godfrey Henneghan, son of Eshmel Bethea & Sarah "Boot" Henneghan… Grandson of Mary Henneghan Cephas… Great grandson of Ben & Lula Henneghan…. Great, great grandson of Willie  & Mary Hennigan Sr… Great, great, great grandson of Henry & Kizziah Henneghan… Great, great, great, great grandson of Harry and Juda Henagan.....  Great, great, great, great, great grandson of Darby Henagan (father of Barnabas Kelet Henagan)

 

Barnabas Kelet Henagan:


I give and bequeath to my two sons, James H. Henagan and Andrew B. Henagan all that plantation of land lying and situated in the District of Marlboro in the state of South Carolina known as Cannon Land

 

 

 

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